Assembly speaker hospitalized for knee injury from bike accident

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, is getting treated in the Stamford, Conn., Hospital this week for swelling in his knee, according to his spokesman, Michael Whyland. Silver injured himself in a bike accident in Puerto Rico, Nov. 10. He was there for Somos el Futuro’s annual conference, which is well attended by New York political officials.

Whyland said Silver was admitted to the hospital Sunday to undergo treatments. The “minor procedures” are expected to conclude tomorrow, and Silver is expected to remain at the hospital through Wednesday. The speaker chose Stamford Hospital so he could be treated by his nephew, Dr. Marc D. Silver, an orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon at the hospital.

Silver plans to resume a full schedule after the Thanksgiving holiday, Whyland said.